Thota Seetaratnam v. State Of A.P.,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD

FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K.JAISWAL Crl.P.MP.No.9357/2015 in Crl.P.No.9826/2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.9826 of 2011 Between:

Thota Seetaratnam and 2 others ..... PETITIONERS/A1 to A3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following:

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K.JAISWAL Crl.P.MP.No.9357/2015 in Crl.P.No.9826/2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.9826 of 2011 ORDER:

The criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.438 of 2011 on the file of the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam, registered for the offences punishable under sections 467, 477, 468 and 420 r/w. section 34 IPC.

The 2nd respondent/de facto complainant and her counsel are present. The petitioners/A1 to A3 and their counsel are also present. Heard both sides and perused the record.

On the report of the 2nd respondent/de facto complainant, the Station House Officer, III Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam City registered a case in Cr.No.181/2011 against the petitioners/A1 to A3 for the offences alleged, and after completion of investigation, filed the charge sheet.

It is submitted by both parties that at the intervention of the elders, the parties have amicably settled their disputes concerning to present case and hence compromise may be recorded and criminal proceedings in the above case may be quashed.

Having regard to the above submission and considering the fact that the parties have amicably settled the disputes among themselves out of Court and no useful purpose will be served even if the parties are driven to the trial as they compromised, and following the decision reported in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and another[1] the criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed and compromise is recorded, and consequently, proceedings in C.C.No.438 of 2011 on the file of the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam against the petitioners/A1 to A3 are hereby quashed.

The Crl.P.MP.No.9357/2015 and Crl.P.No.9826/2011 are accordingly allowed.

Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed in consequence.

__________________ M.S.K.JAISWAL,J Date: 09.09.2015 Dsr [1] (2012) 10 SCC 303